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Backpack frog battles: How evolution turned motherhood into armor

Quick Take Boulenger’s backpack frog carries eggs in a dorsal pouch on its back instead of dropping them into water. This ...
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This ‘Frog From Hell’ Had The Bite Of A Wolf And Likely Ate Dinosaurs — A Biologist Explains

Forbes contributors publish independent expert analyses and insights. I write about biodiversity and the hidden quirks of the natural world. In the Cretaceous forests of ancient Madagascar, one frog ...
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Scientists assemble a richer picture of the plight and resilience of the foothill yellow-legged frog

Up to only a few inches in length, with a lemon-hued belly, the foothill yellow-legged frog may seem unassuming. But its range once stretched from central Oregon to Baja California. In 2023, it was ...
NPR

Muddy boots and AI are helping this threatened frog to make a comeback

It had been five years since the first of the frog eggs had been moved, carefully plucked from Mexico's Baja Peninsula and transported by cooler to Southern California. Anny Peralta-Garcia was getting ...
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First, the frogs died. Then people got sick.

ALTOS DE CAMPANA NATIONAL PARK, Panama — Brian Gratwicke’s lunch box was full of frogs. Kneeling on the muddy rainforest floor, the biologist opened his red Coleman cooler and scooped one up. It was a ...
CNN

A frog in India has a mushroom sprouting out of it. Researchers have never seen anything like it

Sign up for CNN’s Wonder Theory science newsletter. Explore the universe with news on fascinating discoveries, scientific advancements and more. When observing a ...
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Frog ‘Saunas’ Help Endangered Frogs Survive A Deadly Fungal Pandemic

Amphibian species around the world are threatened with extinction by the deadly fungal disease, chytridiomycosis. A simple, low-cost solution to provide warm conditions enabling frogs to clear the ...
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Where have all the frogs gone?

Frogs have been on the decline in the Chicago area. The health of the frog population tells us a lot about the health of our environment. Laura Cripe grew up hiking in LaBagh Woods on Chicago’s North ...